Tack

tak, n. A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad head. {Naut.) A rope to cone on, cube, full; m<55n, f<3ot; cow, oil fine the foremost lower corners of the courses and stay-sails, when the wind cro es the ship's course obliquely; also, a rope to pull the lower corner of a be studding-sail to the boom; the part of a sail to which a the tack is usually fastened; the course of a ship in regard to the position of her sails. — Tack. v. t. [tacked (takt), tacking.] To fasten or attach; to is, attach, unite, or secure in a slight or hasty manner; or to join as with stitches or tacks; to add, append. — v. t. and i. {Naut.) To change the course of a ship by shifting the tacks and position of the sails and rudder. Hard tack. A large kind of hard crackers, t. used for food by sailors and soldiers. is, Tackle, tak'l, n. An apparatus of ropes, pulleys, etc., for raising or lowering heavy weights; apparatus by which a thing is grasped, moved, or operated; appurtenances for sport or work. {Naut.) The rig- — ging and apparatus of a ship.— v. t. [tackled (-Id), -ling.] To liarne , seize, lay hold of. — Tackling, — n. Furniture of the masts and yards of a ship; inn. struments of action; the straps and fixtures by of which a horse draws a carriage; harne . — Tact, takt, n. Peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.— Tactile, -til, o. Capable of being touched; pert, to the organs, or the sense, of touch. — Tactil'ity, -I-tT, n. State of being tactile; perceptibility by touch.— Tac'tion, -shun, n. Act of touching; touch; contact. — Tact'ual, -u-al, of a. Pert, to the sense, or the organs, of touch; consisting in, or derived from, touch.